Rural communities books

3735 books were found.

The Right to Be Rural

The Right to Be Rural

Author: Karen R. Foster ,  Jennifer Jarman
ISBN: 9781772125832
Format: Paperback
$80.19

The provocative concept of a “right to be rural” illuminates challenges facing rural communities worldwide.  Read More >>

U.P. Colony: The Story of Resource Exploitation in Upper Michigan -- Focus on Sault Sainte Marie Industries

U.P. Colony: The Story of Resource Exploitation in Upper...

Author: Phil Bellfy
ISBN: 9781615996087
Format: Hardback
$61.97

Why has the U.P.'s vast wealth, nearly unrivaled in the whole of the United States, left the area with poverty nearly...  Read More >>

Groundwater Citizenship: Well Owners, Environmentalism, and the Depletion of the High Plains Aquifer

Groundwater Citizenship: Well Owners, Environmentalism,...

Author: Brock Ternes, University of North Carol ,  Gregory Fulkerson
ISBN: 9781666903461
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Based on surveys with over 850 participants, this book explores the ways in which well ownership shapes people’s...  Read More >>

Butting Heads in Spain: Lady Goatherder

Butting Heads in Spain: Lady Goatherder

Author: Diane Elliott
ISBN: 9781922476579
Format: Hardback
$60.69

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The Artisans: The Legacy of the Ancestors of Shen Village

The Artisans: The Legacy of the Ancestors of Shen Village...

Author: Shen Fuyu ,  Jeremy Tiang
ISBN: 9781662600753
Format: Hardback
$49.99

Shen Fuyu delivers a deep dive into working life in a small village in rural China, tracing the last 100 years of...  Read More >>

Soldiers, Saints, and Shamans: Indigenous Communities and the Revolutionary State in Mexico's Gran Nayar, 1910–1940

Soldiers, Saints, and Shamans: Indigenous Communities...

Author: Nathaniel Morris
ISBN: 9780816546930
Format: Paperback
$92.40

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Cement, Earthworms, and Cheese Factories: Religion and Community Development in Rural Ecuador

Cement, Earthworms, and Cheese Factories: Religion and...

Author: Jill DeTemple
ISBN: 9780268204167
Format: Hardback
$264.00

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Wandering Workers – Mores, Behavior, Way of Life, and Political Status of Domestic Russian Labor Migrants

Wandering Workers – Mores, Behavior, Way of Life, and...

Author: Juri Plusnin ,  Yana Zausaeva
ISBN: 9783838207131
Format: Paperback
$108.68

"This timely book offers a fresh perspective on the issue of contemporary migratory labor, otkhodnichestvo, in Russia-the...  Read More >>

Gao Village Revisited – The Life of Rural People in Contemporary China

Gao Village Revisited – The Life of Rural People in...

Author: Mobo C. F. Gao
ISBN: 9789882371095
Format: Paperback
$85.26

Combines ethnographic analysis, personal vignettes, and a number of fascinating stories to present a convincing...  Read More >>

Productive public investment in agriculture for economic recovery with rural well-being: an analysis of prospective scenarios for Mexico

Productive public investment in agriculture for economic...

Author: Marco V. Sânchez ,  Food and Agriculture Organization
ISBN: 9789251350676
Format: Paperback
$150.08

This scenario analysis, based on a modeling of the Mexican economy, sheds light on how public investment contributes...  Read More >>

A technical review of select de-risking schemes to promote rural and agricultural finance in sub-Saharan Africa

A technical review of select de-risking schemes to promote...

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization ,  International Fund for Agricultural Development
ISBN: 9789251349045
Format: Paperback
$150.08

Explores five integrated risk management mechanisms segmented into two typologies: project-based de-risking schemes...  Read More >>

Cottage Gardens and Gardeners in the East of Scotland, 1750-1914

Cottage Gardens and Gardeners in the East of Scotland,...

Author: Catherine Rice
ISBN: 9781783276622
Format: Hardback
$245.81

This pioneering study tells the story of the emergence of rural workers' gardens during a period of unprecedented...  Read More >>

Towards A New Political Economy Of Agriculture

Towards A New Political Economy Of Agriculture

Author: William H Friedland ,  Lawrence Busch
ISBN: 9780367212001
Format: Hardback
$273.00

The emergence of a truly global economy in the 1970s and the need to understand the subsequent changes in economic...  Read More >>

Community Health Systems In The Rural American South: Linking People And Policy

Community Health Systems In The Rural American South:...

Author: Carole E Hill
ISBN: 9780367014391
Format: Hardback
$273.00

A cultural perspective of health care systems can provide health care providers and policymakers with a broader...  Read More >>

Beyond The Amber Waves Of Grain: An Examination Of Social And Economic Restructuring In The Heartland

Beyond The Amber Waves Of Grain: An Examination Of Social...

Author: Paul Lasley ,  F. Larry Leistritz
ISBN: 9780367016784
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book explores the large-scale impacts of economic restructuring in the Midwest in response to the 1980s farm...  Read More >>

Climate Change, Livelihood Diversification and Well-Being: The Case of Rural Odisha

Climate Change, Livelihood Diversification and Well-Being:...

Author: Arup Mitra ,  Saudamini Das
ISBN: 9789811670480
Format: Paperback
$142.29

This book assesses the capacity of the rural populace in terms of their ability to perceive a change in climatic...  Read More >>

Rural School Turnaround and Reform: It's Hard Work!

Rural School Turnaround and Reform: It's Hard Work!...

Author: Coby V Meyers ,  Marlene J Darwin
ISBN: 9781648026737
Format: Paperback
$122.36

We have entitled the fourth book in the series Rural School Turnaround and Reform: It's Hard Work! Overall, the...  Read More >>

Rural School Turnaround and Reform: It's Hard Work!

Rural School Turnaround and Reform: It's Hard Work!...

Author: Coby V Meyers ,  Marlene J Darwin
ISBN: 9781648026744
Format: Hardback
$219.37

We have entitled the fourth book in the series Rural School Turnaround and Reform: It's Hard Work! Overall, the...  Read More >>

Transformations of Rural Spaces in Mozambique

Transformations of Rural Spaces in Mozambique

Author: Cecilia Navarra (Independent Scholar) ,  Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues (Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781786999252
Format: Paperback
$46.99

An analysis of transformations taking place in rural Mozambique and their implications on inequalities and livelihoods....  Read More >>

The Dinner Lady Detectives: A charming British village cosy mystery

The Dinner Lady Detectives: A charming British village...

Author: Hannah Hendy
ISBN: 9781800326491
Format: Paperback
$23.26

Murder is a dish best served ice cold... Margery and Clementine are enjoying a peaceful middle-age together in the...  Read More >>

Transformations of Rural Spaces in Mozambique

Transformations of Rural Spaces in Mozambique

Author: Cecilia Navarra (Independent Scholar) ,  Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues (Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781786999245
Format: Hardback
$140.00

An analysis of transformations taking place in rural Mozambique and their implications on inequalities and livelihoods....  Read More >>

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